Michael Ignatieff: thinking for yourself in a university is not easy Creativity often requires a sociable setting, but academics urgently need to avoid the dangers of following fashion, says former CEU head By Matthew Reisz 27 October
Leadership & Management Summit: call for declaration to protect staff well-being Elsevier vice-president calls for manifesto on well-being signed by institutions so researchers are not seen as 鈥榩aper-producing machines鈥� By Anna McKie 26 October
Assess GCSE entry bar impact on health workforce, ministers urged Data suggest that high proportion of entrants to subjects like nursing are mature learners who took access routes By Simon Baker 26 October
Leadership & Management Summit: universities 鈥榯oo indulgent鈥� towards online behaviour Director of SOAS University of London leads calls suggesting it might be time for university associations to step in By Rosa Ellis 25 October
Leadership & Management Summit: HE heads caution against sector focus on short-term gains Emphasis on student earning outcomes risks overlooking the bigger picture, say academics By Pola Lem 25 October
EU and UK 鈥榖reaking promise鈥� on post-Brexit research ties Continuing delays on Horizon Europe association could strengthen hand of Westminster figures who were 鈥榥ever that enamoured鈥� about joining By John Morgan 25 October
Cutting mathematics funding would betray the future The UK government鈥檚 拢300 million funding pledge must be confirmed in the spending review, and departmental closures must stop, says Jon Keating By Jon Keating 25 October
Philip Jones: The Trick鈥檚 Jason Watkins 鈥榙oes his research鈥� University of East Anglia researcher impressed by on-screen portrayal in climate science drama By Matthew Reisz 23 October
Clark to PM: don鈥檛 fiddle the figures on science spending pledge Commons committee chair also raises concerns about UKRI chair鈥檚 lobbying of ministers ahead of spending review By Chris Havergal 22 October
UCU: Zahawi must be 鈥榲oice for students鈥� against loan costs hike Union urges education secretary to intervene on student loan changes and to press university bosses into talking on disputes By John Morgan 22 October
Compassionate leadership is the only way to keep university communities united University leadership is in crisis, with some institutions facing significant reputational damage, but higher education can become a model of compassion, says Michael West By Michael West 22 October
Gender gap in article submissions rose early in pandemic 鈥� study New analysis of journal data suggests gap was largest for junior researchers and those in health disciplines By Simon Baker 21 October